These commodity- and energy-sector transactions exude a confidence that could not be further removed from the relentless pessimism of the European debt markets – last year’s reluctant lead story in the capital markets.
The eurozone debt crisis dominated everything in the second half of the year and when the European Union decided to tap the market for €4 billion in September, some in the market doubted that a 15-year deal could get done.
Lee Cumbes, managing director at Barclays Capital in London, says:
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And Herbert Barth, borrowing adviser at the EU, adds:
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